Tight Champions Cup schedule a concern for Stuart Lancaster

19 October 2020; Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster during squad training at UCD in Dublin last week. Picture: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

The wheels in Stuart Lancaster’s mind are already spinning over the challenge of striking the right balance when Leinster kick-off their 2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup campaign in December.

Yesterday’s draw pitted Leinster, seeded as a Tier 1 team, against Northampton Saints and Montpellier in Pool A of the new-look Champions Cup, which is pencilled in to start on the weekend of December 11, just one week after Ireland's final Autumn Nations Cup game.